Worcester

Pho Sure will move to the former location of The Wexford House restaurant at 503 Shrewsbury St., with its last day of operation in Shrewsbury slated for Sunday.

Worcester Historical Museum is marking its 150th anniversary with a name change, free admission, and the reinstallation of a $1.3-million gallery.

The hub will include an innovation studio offering a 12-month residency and a three-month accelerator program.

In the two weeks since UMass Memorial Medical Center held the grand opening of its $220-million acute-care facility the North Pavilion, the top executive of Central Massachusetts’ largest hospital is seeing it begin to alleviate the strain on its emergency department. 

Bay Colony Development, a Waltham-based economic development financing company with an office in Worcester, has named Erik Adams as the firm’s incoming president and CEO as current leader Mary Mansfield will step down from the position later this year.

The former Santander Bank branch at 1125 Pleasant St. will include a drive-up video teller and ATM.

Worcester County led Massachusetts counties in cannabis sales in 2024, as the state’s legal marijuana industry brought in a total of more than $1.64 billion.

The median price of a single-family home in Massachusetts hit an all-time high of $615,000 in 2024, a year which saw an increase in sales.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has launched an educational program providing high school students early exposure to the career fields of health, science, and racial health disparities research.

The FTC claims these hidden mandatory fees ranged from tens to hundreds of dollars a month per renter.